Sleep Remains Elusive

What a week! Is it already Thursday???

Since I last posted, the sleeping situation has not improved greatly, and has been further complicated by Hudson having a cold. Lily, luckily, is doing better, (although around 3:45am she and Kaylee were barking at something outside), but Hudson's snorting and sniffing has kept us and him up instead. He has also been more fussy, too, right after I said we had turned a corner. He has required a lot of rocking, bouncing and stroking lately. Thankfully, my mom has been home the past couple days and has done a LOT of rocking. Matt and I were reflecting last night and don't remember EVER having to do this with Alden. Aren't second children supposed to be easier??

We had a very low-key weekend. Lots of rain on Saturday made us not feel that guilty about just hanging out inside. Sunday, we tried a new church, and I got to get out and swim laps at the pool.

Alden had school again on Monday and Wednesday. Monday was the last day for me to drop her off at her room, and she ran down the hall screaming, "Barney, Elmo, where are you?" Wednesday, we started the carpool system where the teachers meet us at the car, and get the kids out of the seat, and then put them in at pick-up time. We talked about it in the car on the way over, and Alden was excited her teacher was going to get her out of the car seat. When the time came, and Mrs. Gregory was about to lift her out, Alden first says "Bye!" and then, realizing that I wasn't coming, too, started crying, "Mommy, Mommy." So sad. Apparently, her tears didn't last long, and I was able to get a quick workout in at the Y. Wednesday was also "Yewo" (yellow) day, so Alden wore a yellow dress and came back from school telling us how they sang "The Wheels on the Bus."

She has a blue bag from school for her papers. The other day she wanted to show us her artwork and said, "Where'd my bag go?"

On the way home from school, she was saying, "Pete-Pan, where are you?", and decided he was in the trees, watching her. Today he was in the trees outside watching her eat.

This weekend Alden was big into the potty for some reason. She even peed a couple times on the "Big Potty". I want to indulge her, kind of, but most of the time, she just wants to be naked and have someone read her books in the bathroom. A current favorite is "Possum in the House." I think next weekend, we will get some panties, and start the potty thing hard core. I am dreading it.

What else, what else...Hudson is becoming very adept at carrying on a conversation in baby talk and is really smiley...when he is not fussy. At least there are some redeeming times to balance out the hard ones. He has also begun standing up and straightening his legs a lot more when you pick him up. I put an outfit on him yesterday that fit fine last week, and it was small. Probably-the-last-time-he-could-wear-it small.
Alden made "tents" out of her books for her people and her passys. Alden can "read" Go Dogs, Go, and Quick as Cricket.

She has been very protective of the TV, and had to share it with Pop-pop the other day. At dinner that night, I told her she needed to give Pop-pop a turn, and she says, "Alna's turn all day!" Hmmm.

Coming back from the Y today, she saw her name on her cup, and said "Alna, A-L-D-E-N". And we thought she wasn't paying attention to the alphabet.

She really likes "Yo Gabba Gabba" on Noggin. This is a very weird kids show. Every now and then throughout the show, they show a different little kid dancing, and saying, "My name is ----- and I like to dance." The other day, Alden busts out with, "My name is Alna and I like to dance." Of course, it was not that easy to understand, and it actually took me a few minutes to get what she was saying. Since then, she has said it for Auntie Ashley, Mommy, Pop-pop, Bebe, Lily, Kaylee, Passy and Juice. Who knew we had so many dancers in the house??